; Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:04:33 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-11-03 (Construction Job [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031109100552.0d8728e8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 09, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have won no further lotteries since yesterday. I'm not sure ; whether this is bad news or good news, but it is most curious ; that, despite having won close to a dozen lotteries over the ; past month, I am no wealthier now that I was before my good luck ; arrived. ;-) ; ; The parent fractal of today's image can be best described as ; 'mostly blobs with scattered Mandeloids'. And amid the Mandel- ; oids lurk some holes that are decidedly not Mandeloid-shaped, ; yet have buds along their borders that indicate the presence of ; a critical area. Today's scene is located on a filament exten- ; ding from one of these buds, near the point where the filament ; passes a hole shaped like a figure eight. ; ; I named the image "Construction Job" in honor, or dis-honor, of ; the construction that is taking place two blocks from Fractal ; Central, down at the bottom of the hill, where a new storm drain ; is being installed, which hopefully will eliminate the flooding ; that seems to happen down there on a regular schedule. I also ; chose the name because, by the coloring, I rather constructed ; something from nothing. I guess this makes today's image ; another piece of fractal-art. ; ; After studying the image for a few minutes, I decided it is just ; a little above average, which equals a 6 on my arbitrary 0-to-10 ; scale of fractal worth. The image does have a kind of glowing ; effect to it, but the colors, especially around the perimeter, ; are not all that pleasant to look at. ; ; The 'passes=g' option is extremely efficient with today's image. ; The render time when passes=1 is 17 minutes; 'passes=g' does the ; job in only 7 minutes. Since the result in either case is ; exactly the same, I have removed the 'passes=1' entry from the ; parameter file and cut the render time by 60 percent. ; ; But if 7 minutes is still too slow to fit into a busy schedule, ; the completed GIF image may be downloaded from one of the FOTD ; web sites at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; Though it was chilly here at Fractal Central on Saturday, with a ; temperature of only 46F 8C, the sun was warm, and the cats ; enjoyed a couple hours in the yard. This was enough to prevent ; the sulking that happens when they get too little time outside. ; When evening came, the duo settled down quite peacefully, and ; passed the rest of the day as decorations. ; ; But this morning's temperature is only 26F -3C, cold enough to ; put a film of ice on the water dish on the porch. I wonder how ; the duo will take this sudden cold weather. I'll know the ; answer in a few hours. For the rest of the day, I'll be trying ; to take it easy, but the fractal lady has that 'lets go look at ; antiques' gleam in her eye. So we'll have to see how the day ; goes. Regardless, in 24 hours I'll return with another fractal. ; Until then, take care, and keep those spirits up. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Construction_Job { ; time=0:07:29.56--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip center-mag=+0.09925390891872346/+1.894791001828095\ /1.868638e+008/1/115/-9.1173630439880804e-005 params=-3.1/-1.3/1.3/-3.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=245 periodicity=10 colors=000SYASX9RV8RU7RT6SU8TU9UVAVVBWWCXWEYXFZXG_\ YH`YIaZJbZLc_Md_Ne`Of`PgaQhaSjbTkbUmcVncWrcXsaPxaL\ xcKxdMxgOxiQxkSxnUxpWxsYxu_xw`xubxscxrexpfxohxmixl\ kxjlxinxgoxfqxdrxcswZivU`uT_tS_sRZrQZqPYpOYoNYnMXm\ LXlKWkJWjIWiHVhGVgFUfEUeDTdCTcBTbASa9S`8R_7RZ7RYCV\ XGZWKaVOeUShTWlS_oRctRgxSgxSfySfzTezTeyTdxUdvUduUc\ tVctVbtVbtVbtXcpZcm_cmZcmUcmPcmKcmBcnCcmDcmDfmEclE\ `lFZlGWlGTkHRkHOkILkJJjJGjKDjKBjJDlIFmHHoGJpFLrENs\ DPuCRvBTxBUyDVwFVuHWsJWqKXpMXnOYlQYjRYiwWjtXiqXhoX\ glXfjYegYddYcbYb_YaYZ`VZ_TZZQZYNZXL_WI_VG_UD_TB_TF\ ZRIYQLXPOWNRVMUULXTJ_TIbSHeRFhQEkPDnOBqNAtM9wM8xLA\ xKBxKDxJExJGxIHyIKyHOyHSyGWyFYyFazEezEgzDizDkzCmzC\ oyBqyBsyBtyBuyBvyBwyBxyByyBzxBzxBzxBzxBzxBzxBzxBzy\ BzyBzyBzxBzxBzxBzwBzwBzwBzvBzzBzzBzzAzzAzz9zz9zz8z\ z8zz7zz7zz6zz6zz6zz5zz5zz4zz4zz3zz3zz2zz2zz1zz1zz1\ zz4zz7zzAzzDzzGzzJzzMzzOz } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;